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'''"ad hominem"''' is a Latin phrase used very commonly in English (just like "ad nauseum", and also "i.e." and "e.g." are abbreviations of Latin phrases). It is, effectively, part of English. | |||
What it means is, in the context of an argument, referring to '''who made the argument, as opposed to the argument's own referents''', in deciding whether to accept or reject it. It is normally considered proof that one has no real argument to offer against what is said, if one must invoke "who wrote it" as an refutation. | |||
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'''[[Ad hominem]] [[delete]]''' is a more abusive form of [[ad hominem revert]] which makes the text invisible (to all but sysops in [[mediawiki]]), makes it impossible to retrieve [[older versions]] even if the most recent version is found and restored by the author or others, and most importantly, makes the text not part of the [[XML dump]]. What is worse, this does not even show up on the [[watchlist]]s of those who are watching the article! Very bad idea. | '''[[Ad hominem]] [[delete]]''' is a more abusive form of [[ad hominem revert]] which makes the text invisible (to all but sysops in [[mediawiki]]), makes it impossible to retrieve [[older versions]] even if the most recent version is found and restored by the author or others, and most importantly, makes the text not part of the [[XML dump]]. What is worse, this does not even show up on the [[watchlist]]s of those who are watching the article! Very bad idea. | ||